#A9A726#A9A726

#A9A726 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A726
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 77.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -13.96, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 63.19, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0452 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5319, 36.2134, 7.2149)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A726 #2628A9

analogous

#A96526 #A9A726 #69A926

triadic

#A9A726 #26A9A7 #A726A9

tetradic

#A9A726 #26A965 #2628A9 #A92669

square

#A9A726 #26A965 #2628A9 #A92669

split-complementary

#A9A726 #2669A9 #6526A9

monochromatic

#454410 #77761B #A9A726 #D3D03A #DEDC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A9A726 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A726

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A726	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06c',
    500: '#a9a726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a726;
$custom-light: #c6c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.708,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A726

secondary

#6768C4

accent

#44E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A726

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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